The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Cast Revealed

Jul 5, 2014

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, Nev. – For the first time in history,
the new season of The Ultimate Fighter® will feature an all-female
cast and will have a UFC® championship title on the line. The
storied reality series will feature a women’s 115-pound tournament
to determine the first ever UFC® women’s strawweight champion. UFC
lightweight champion Anthony
Pettis and No. 2-ranked lightweight contender, Gilbert
Melendez, will serve as coaches and meet in a championship
showdown of their own at the conclusion of the season.

The Ultimate Fighter®: A Champion Will Be Crowned kicks off with a
two-hour premiere Wednesday, September 10, at 10 p.m. ET on FOX
Sports 1.

The top 115-pound females on the planet will compete over the
course of the season for the honor of being the UFC’s second female
champion, alongside bantamweight (135 pound) champion Ronda
Rousey. Amongst the cast are two former Invicta FC champions, a
former International Kickboxing Federation women’s bantamweight, a
United States kickboxing champion, an astrophysicist and a former
professional ice hockey player.

In line with previous seasons, the women will be divided into two
teams, coached by Pettis and Melendez. The series will follow the
teams as they live and train together in preparation for their
fights. The culmination of the season will see the two
semifinalists meet at The Ultimate Fighter Finale in late 2014,
where the inaugural champion will be crowned.

The list of competitors includes fighters hailing from Australia,
Canada, Ireland, Scotland, United States and Tasmania. The
competitors are listed in alphabetical order (Name, Professional
MMA record, Age, Hometown):

For more show information, bios, videos and photos, visit
ultimatefighter.com and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter
@TUFonFS1 or on Facebook.com/TUF.

About the Ultimate Fighting Championship® Owned and operated by
Zuffa, LLC, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC®) is the
premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization and largest
pay-per-view event provider in the world. Headquartered in Las
Vegas with offices in London, Toronto, Beijing, Singapore and Sao
Paulo, the UFC produces more than 40 live events annually that have
sold out some of the biggest arenas and stadiums across the globe.
UFC programming is broadcast in over 145 countries to 800+ million
TV households worldwide in 28 different languages. The UFC has a
multi-year broadcast agreement with FOX in the U.S. which includes
four live events broadcast on the FOX network annually, The
Ultimate Fighter® reality television show and thousands of hours of
programming on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2. In 2014, UFC launched
UFC FIGHT PASS™, a digital subscription service with exclusive live
events, thousands of fights on-demand and original content. UFC
also owns over 100 UFC GYM® locations, UFC.TV® (offering live event
broadcasts and video on-demand around the world), UFC FIT™ (an
in-home fitness and nutrition program), UFC 360 (the
internationally distributed magazine), a videogame franchise with
EA SPORTS, best-selling DVDs and Blu-rays, UFC Fight Club®, UFC Fan
Expo®, Octagon™ branded apparel and Topps Trading Cards. For more
information, visit www.UFC.com and follow UFC at
www.Facebook.com/UFC and Twitter: @UFC.

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